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Louis Bertrand (saint)
Spanish Dominican missionary
For other people with the same name, see Louis Bertrand (disambiguation).
Louis Bertrand, OP (Spanish: Luis Beltrán or Luis Bertrán; Valencian: Lluís Bertran; 1 January – 9 October ) was a Spanish Dominican friar who preached in South America during the 16th century, and is known as the "Apostle to the Americas".
He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Early life
Bertrand was born in Valencia to Juan Bertrand and Juana Angela Exarch. Through his father he was related to St. Vincent Ferrer, a thaumaturgus of the Dominican Order.
At an early age he conceived the idea of becoming a Dominican Friar, and despite the efforts of his father to dissuade him, was clothed with the Dominican habit in the Convent of St. Dominic, Valencia, on 26 August After the usual period of probation, he pronounced the evangelical vows.[2]
He was grave in demeanour and apparently without any sense of humour, yet had a